I imagine one's personal piety will dictate one's participation in this forum during Great and Holy Friday. Besides, given that our membership spans all 24 time zones around the globe, how do we decide when Holy Friday begins? SVSOT -Saint Vladimir's Seminary Orthodox Time?

Demetri

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Not all of us have a resident priest so that we can attend Holy Week services.

Most of the Holy Week services can easily be done as a reader service...if not in church just gather a few friends, a triodion and an horologion. Sometimes this is even nicer as there are less distractions and whatnot.

Last year and this year we shut down on Clean Monday, but not on any other day. Not many people posted on Good Friday last year anyway, so I think we'll just keep it open and discourage posting on Good Friday in your time zone.

I agree with Demetri -- and the comment about the various time zones makes a great deal of sense. Holy Friday for us in the West will probably be Holy Saturday in Europe and Asia.

I remember being greatly annoyed when on Holy Saturday, arriving at church at Holy Trinity Monastary, an Aussie seminarian was standing there trying to get all the girls to Hristosovatsa with him, saying "It's already Pascha in Sydney."

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Now where were we? Oh yeah - the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

Another reason for the site to stay open is that for those of us posting from work, posting is not always a distraction away from Holy Week, but sometimes a resouce to help focus oneself towards the life of the Church in this most important time.

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